The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-05-19
Street Scenes in Mexican CITY.
PECu LItEITIES WHICH A-IoNiSH A. ANGEL;
rrespondcnce Of the journal

forcibly everywhere in Mexico. but more c>-
l,ccially in the interior towns where su-callrd
| progress" has made few innovations.
In Guadala;ira. in many other MeXicar
cities. one OF the first things stranger observes
is the fact that nearly every block on street
has different name. Suppose he starts down
the tDlie j~trcct) e iturl,ilc: gon. >tr;-i
ahead 4 few steps The first thin. he knows he
is in the Gale dc Morela>. and Il lew feet far
ther on. in the ttile dc santa Guadalupe. Has-
ing set out for 4 given lace. he soon finds hm-
self in hopeless >narl- for even the numbers
! begin and end and skip about a> crratirally a>
everything else that Is Mexican.
In Gua;lalajara. not only have every Saint in
the calendar Z street or block named after him
or her. but some OF them have their names SOW
cral times repeated in various parts Of the eli, !:
and then there arr all the men eminent in local
history 10 he thHs houored. besides a hurlrcI
historic happenings which ;irc COMMUNICATED
in lhi- manner.
Perhaps the best illustration of The Ca;hoii"
,.;, Of constantly r,ndin- ,,col,r ii ;heir re-
ligon i the main lhoruu-hiarc Of Mexican
Caii;I. In the luup' it is lisowM A. the
T0le de .<0u Frp1.riSr,. but every one of it>
| seventeen blocks bias Il different maine. and the
buildings in each are nun,imrpd in the u>uaI
! Lai,-hozar,I fashion vitl.,u r..,ri to 1hr
number, i'll any other block. or to uGinericl!
| order III it, OWN. Should lou wish to 20 to 4
house or shop whose number is 5oo-if You 81
out to look tor NO. 900 N.tn Francisco street,
you will irobal,jy ind s,,ypIit,.u juiI,Iin.~s
icario- that uuniter bttvaci, ,i,.. .r,uI ,,l,y.,
and tie statue of .Ilo, y .-hur No block At An
which i distinriNely called >An Francisco
ouIy lle >tr,,t uI r,in,i,r hi,t 1I,. ,,,1,,.. nf
the -ulIar,. in Which thnt r.artrt;lar ,nn i. lo
| Gated
| In that famous rallc ,Ie san i,rauci>,.n. some
| of the prominent names. translated into ,,n.e-
li,b ,r,,.,. f,ll.,k,. street nf ,b .,rr,.i I;+.
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of j,.>,l. ,tr.ct: John the B,,tj>t street: Mood
| of .Ari>t street,, rovu of Tbnrn. >tr,lt. I'LL,
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